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EFAO’s Organic No-Till Vegetable Trials

EFAO’s Organic No-Till Vegetable Trials

Farmer-Led Research, No-Till, Soil Health

Ken Laing of Orchard Hill Farm is working in cooperation with EFAO to trial a wide variety of no-till methods for organic vegetable production. We will be documenting the work in a series of blogs.

Management sensitivity, repeatability, and consistency of interpretation of soil health indicators on organic farms in southwestern Ontario

Summary of Projects 2019

Summary of Projects 2018

Quick Turnaround Cover Crops Before Brassicas

Part of a multi-farm trial on 5 farms asking the Research Question: Do spring planted cover crops benefit the production of late season brassica cash crops? Kevinâ€™s Specific Question: Does a cover crop cocktail differ from buckwheat monoculture with respect...